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      08-03-2012, 05:28 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by X3andZ4owner View Post
Just an example:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/26...-s-prisons.htm


Where are the Foreign Nationals in Britain's Prisons From?

Irish (736), Polish (756) and Nigerian (581) immigrants are all highly represented in British prisons.

As a regional group, eastern Europeans make up most of the top ten nationalities other than British, at 1,835 prisoners. The next highest is Asians, at 1,366.

Sorry, you do like selective reading, don't you? Just a paste from the last section from the link provided by yourself above:

"Foreign Nationals 'Not More Likely to Commit Crime' Than Brits

James Banks, senior criminology lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, claims there's "little evidence" to support the theory that foreigners are more likely to commit crime than British nationals.

"Increasing numbers of foreign nationals subject to remand and immediate custody are important drivers of the growth in the foreign national prison population," Banks wrote in a May 2011 article in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice.

"That foreign nationals lack the requisite antecedents and offence history to enable accurate risk assessment, coupled with a belief that they pose a greater risk of absconding than British nationals, may result in remand and custody as the default option in many cases.

"Moreover, the significant number of foreign nationals convicted for drug offences appears to contribute to the number of foreign nationals subject to immediate custody."

Banks added that "greater clarity in official data is required if we are to pinpoint the exact causes of this increase". "
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